Joe Bowser
Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems

Joe is the creator of PhoneGap for Android and is the longest contributing committer to the PhoneGap and Apache Cordova projects respectively. When he is not contributing to Open Source at Adobe, he spends his spare time working on various hardware projects at home, as well as at the Vancouver Hack Space, which he co-founded.

Until iOS and Android came along, the opportunities for open source to flourish in the mobile space were limited, because platforms were totally proprietary. Now you can find countless FL/OSS projects that help mobile developers get their job done. So what's on the horizon, and what are the best open source tools today to deliver the next great app?
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A review of the past six years of Apache Cordova development, starting from its origins as PhoneGap, to its donation to the Apache Software Foundation, told from the point of view of its longest running contributor. This will include a simple introduction to cross-platform hybrid applications on iOS and Android, and their evolution.
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